Constellation

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Constellation

PG-13,

2007,

1h 45m,

Drama

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19 Reviews

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1,000+ Ratings

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41%

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The continuing legacy of a long-ago, interracial love affair forms the backdrop for a tale of an extended Southern family's reunion at a funeral. Helms Boxer (Billy Dee Williams) is estranged from his family and does not want to return home, but his deceased sister (Rae Dawn Chong) had named him executor of her estate. The family grapples with issues of forgiveness and unrequited love in the wake of their loved one's death.

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Critics Consensus

Though earnestly directed, Constellation lacks dramatic fireworks and eventually falls into TV-movie sentimentality.

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Melissa Anderson

Time Out

Feb 10, 2007

2/6

The flashbacks are almost as smoothly subtle as the title of one of the paintings showcased by Billy Dee Williams's character: Portrait of a Journey.

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Scott Brown

Entertainment Weekly

Feb 7, 2007

C

Neither the camera nor the script can focus.

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

Feb 2, 2007

0/4

Scenes in which little or nothing happens pass by slowly, and the only point of suspense is whether the number of tearful hugs at the end will reach double digits.

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Kam Williams

EURWeb

Feb 8, 2007

1/4

This overplotted, emotional dump plods along as if the characters are stuck in the cinematic equivalent of quicksand, never generating any traction because no matter how much everybody vents, nothing of consequence ever transpires.

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

Feb 6, 2007

I'm nodding off just thinking about the long, static close-ups and endless scenes of people walking and sitting and doing nothing.

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Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

Feb 5, 2007

... the biggest problem is that the insights ... are strictly Hallmark TV movie stuff, an association reinforced by the mawkish visual style and score.

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Anakin L

Jan 16, 2009

The biggest problem is that the insights are strictly Hallmark TV movie stuff, an association reinforced by the mawkish visual style and score.

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Jordan Walker-Pearlman

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Billy Dee Williams

Helms Boxer

Zoe Saldaña

Rosa

Lesley Ann Warren

Nancy

Hill Harper

Errol

Melissa De Sousa

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Synopsis

The continuing legacy of a long-ago, interracial love affair forms the backdrop for a tale of an extended Southern family's reunion at a funeral. Helms Boxer (Billy Dee Williams) is estranged from his family and does not want to return home, but his deceased sister (Rae Dawn Chong) had named him executor of her estate. The family grapples with issues of forgiveness and unrequited love in the wake of their loved one's death.

Director: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Producer: Jordan Walker-Pearlman, Morris Ruskin, Shannon C. Murphy
Screenwriter: Jordan Walker-Pearlman
Distributor: The Bigger Picture
Production Co: DAWA Movies, Encounter Studios
Rating: PG-13 (A Sexual Reference|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 2, 2007, Limited
Release Date (DVD): May 22, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $306.5K
Runtime: 1h 45m

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